Virtual Machine Instant Clone Task

Creates a powered-on Instant Clone of a virtual machine.

The new virtual machine will be created on the same host and start with the identical running point as the original virtual machine, sharing memory state when possible and sharing disk state. The original virtual machine must be in a powered-on state. The privilege required for Instant Clone operation are:

VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Clone
VirtualMachine.Interact.PowerOn
VirtualMachine.Inventory.CreateFromExisting
Datastore.AllocateSpace
Resource.AssignVMToPool

Required privileges: VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Clone

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/VirtualMachine/{moId}/InstantClone_Task

COPY

Path Parameters

string

moId

Required

The unique identifier for the managed object to which the method attaches; the serialized managed object reference for a request has the form moType/moId, in this case VirtualMachine/{moId}.

string

release

Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.3.0 APIs.

Request Body

InstantCloneRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

Show optional properties

{
    "spec": {
        "name": "string",
        "location": {}
    }
}

{
    "spec": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "name": "string",
        "location": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "service": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "instanceUuid": "string",
                "url": "string",
                "credential": {
                    "_typeName": "string"
                },
                "sslThumbprint": "string"
            },
            "folder": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "type": "string",
                "value": "string"
            },
            "datastore": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "type": "string",
                "value": "string"
            },
            "diskMoveType": "string",
            "pool": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "type": "string",
                "value": "string"
            },
            "host": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "type": "string",
                "value": "string"
            },
            "disk": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "diskId": 0,
                    "datastore": {
                        "_typeName": "string",
                        "type": "string",
                        "value": "string"
                    },
                    "diskMoveType": "string",
                    "diskBackingInfo": {
                        "_typeName": "string"
                    },
                    "profile": [
                        {
                            "_typeName": "string"
                        }
                    ],
                    "backing": {
                        "_typeName": "string",
                        "parent": "VirtualMachineRelocateSpecDiskLocatorBackingSpec Object",
                        "crypto": {
                            "_typeName": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "filterSpec": [
                        {
                            "_typeName": "string"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "transform": "string",
            "deviceChange": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "operation": "string",
                    "fileOperation": "string",
                    "device": {
                        "_typeName": "string",
                        "key": 0,
                        "deviceInfo": {
                            "_typeName": "string",
                            "label": "string",
                            "summary": "string"
                        },
                        "backing": {
                            "_typeName": "string"
                        },
                        "connectable": {
                            "_typeName": "string",
                            "migrateConnect": "string",
                            "startConnected": false,
                            "allowGuestControl": false,
                            "connected": false,
                            "status": "string"
                        },
                        "slotInfo": {
                            "_typeName": "string"
                        },
                        "controllerKey": 0,
                        "unitNumber": 0,
                        "numaNode": 0,
                        "deviceGroupInfo": {
                            "_typeName": "string",
                            "groupInstanceKey": 0,
                            "sequenceId": 0
                        }
                    },
                    "profile": [
                        {
                            "_typeName": "string"
                        }
                    ],
                    "backing": {
                        "_typeName": "string",
                        "parent": "VirtualDeviceConfigSpecBackingSpec Object",
                        "crypto": {
                            "_typeName": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "filterSpec": [
                        {
                            "_typeName": "string"
                        }
                    ],
                    "changeMode": "string"
                }
            ],
            "profile": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string"
                }
            ],
            "cryptoSpec": {
                "_typeName": "string"
            }
        },
        "config": [
            {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "key": "string",
                "value": {
                    "_typeName": "string"
                }
            }
        ],
        "biosUuid": "string"
    }
}

VirtualMachineInstantCloneSpec

spec

Required

Specification for creating an Instant Clone of a powered-on virtual machine.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

200

This method returns a Task object with which to monitor the operation.

Returns MoRefTask of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: MoRefExtensibleManagedObject

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "value": "string"
}

500

InvalidArgument: in the following cases:

Source virtual machine is not powered on
Source virtual machine configuration is not supported for Instant Clone operation
Relocation specification has unsupported settings

InvalidState: if the operation cannot be performed because of the host or virtual machine's current state. For example, if the host is in maintenance mode or if the source virtual machine is not powered on.

InvalidDatastore: if the operation cannot be performed on the target datastores.

FileFault: if there is an error accessing the virtual machine files.

InsufficientResourcesFault: if this operation would violate a resource usage policy.

DisallowedMigrationDeviceAttached: if any of the devices attached to the source virtual machine are not supported for the Instant Clone operation or if device change specification contains changes that are not supported.

Returns VimFault of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: MethodFault

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
    "faultMessage": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "arg": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "key": "string",
                    "value": {
                        "_typeName": "string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "message": "string"
        }
    ]
}

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Description

Request

Path Parameters

Request Body

Authentication

Response

200 Response Body

Errors

Virtual Infrastructure Operations